CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 8

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1903

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1903, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to exempt seawater air conditioning district cooling projects that use renewable energy resources to generate at least fifty percent of the energy needed for cooling system from regulation by the Public Utilities Commission.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to take effect upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1903, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1903, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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Robert N. Herkes, Co-Chair

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Russell S. Kokubun, Chair

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Hermina Morita, Co-Chair

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J. Kalani English, Co-Chair

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Kenneth Hiraki, Co-Chair

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Ron Menor, Co-Chair